Name: Kinetic Fingers - Animated Visualization for MMX
Uploaded: 2020-02-21T18:20:12.000Z
Duration: 1 min 21 s
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Hey MMX fans, Maureen here from Meticulae Designs. I've been wanting to

make an animated visualization of the kinetic fingers

Basic passive voice

ever since Videos #82 and 83 when they were introduced and subsequently

disparaged.  Maybe seeing them moving will help people like them better or at

least help them understand what Martin's going for.  I've got two versions to show

you.  This first version is the fingers with moving joints controlled by spring

steel and a cable mechanism which I detailed in my companion video; go check

it out!  What I like about this is it actually looks like these fingers are

dropping a marble.  The second is with rigid fingers.  This is the direction

Martin seemed to be headed the last time he talked about them.  I think it kind of

looks like spider legs or maybe a typewriter.  On the original machine, the

fingers were the marble droppers.  Hopefully you can see how the design has

evolved for the MMX.  I think it'll work well for its function of being seen from